"I think Ella would probably be my co-captain," Terrence said with a chuckle. Knowing Ella, he very much doubted she'd take a position that had to defer to anyone, even him. "So you can be the first mate. And you can pick a co-first mate, if you like."
He was tempted to wink at her with that statement, but that sounded like something a lecherous old man would do. Then he remembered that this afternoon he was, in fact, pretending to be an old man, so he winked. And then took a sip of his drink.
Which he regretted a moment later when he barely managed to swallow before laughing again. "No, hell no. I am not going by Polly."